8. NTT's New Board of Directors (1) Candidates for Director Satoshi Miura (President, NTT East)   Akira Arima   (Senior Vice President, NTT East)   Kiyoshi Kousaka   (Senior Vice President, NTT West) (2) Candidates for Corporate Auditor Johji Fukada (Former Secretary General of the Board of Audit) (3) Directors scheduled to retire from office Toyohiko Takabe (Scheduled to join NTT East as President)   Masaki Mitsumura ( Scheduled to join NTT Communications as Senior Executive Vice President) (4) Corporate Auditor scheduled to retire from office Takao Nakajima (Full-time Corporate Auditor) (5) Candidate scheduled to take office as Representative Director Senior Executive Vice President Satoshi Miura (President, NTT East) (6)New Executive Positions and Organizational Responsibilities   New Position(s) and Organizational Responsibilities   Name   Current Position(s) and Organizational Responsibilities                         Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President Director of Corporate Management Strategy Division In charge of business strategy       Satoshi Miura                                 Director, Senior Vice President Director of Department V Director of Business Process Innovation Office       Hiroo Unoura       Director, Senior Vice President Director of Department I                         Director, Senior Vice President Corporate Management Strategy Division       Akira Arima                                 Director, Senior Vice President Director of Department I       Kiyoshi Kousaka           (Notes) Toyohiko Takabe, Masaki Mitsumura and Takao Nakajima are scheduled to relinquish their director seats at the 20th Regular General Meeting of Shareholders (scheduled to be held on June 28, 2005).   Johji Fukada, a candidate for appointment as corporate auditor, has met the requirements for external auditor. (Reference) Executive Positions and Organizational Responsibilities In connection with revisions to NTT's organization structure effective May 12, some Directors' Organizational Responsibilities were changed as follows. May 12, 2005 New Position(s) and Organizational Responsibilities   Name   Current Position(s) and Organizational Responsibilities                         Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President Director of Corporate Management Strategy Division In charge of business strategy       Toyohiko Takabe       Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President In charge of business strategy                         Director, Senior Vice President Director of Department II Director of Next Generation Network Promotion Office       Shin Hashimoto       Director, Senior Vice President Director of Department II                         Director, Senior Vice President Director of Department V Director of Business Process Innovation Office       Masaki Mitsumura       Director, Senior Vice President Director of Department V   Copyright (c) 2005 Nippon telegraph and telephone corporation